Tips

There have been many different tips that professors have given me but the one tip from my English professor is to practice what you preach. No it isn’t completely relevant to college but in some ways it is. For example, he told the class that some of our friends may be slacking off and it is a friend’s best interest to give another friend advice but sometimes we find ourselves doing just the same. As a student we have to take a good look at ourselves and apply our habits and share it with another rather than tell someone else what’s better for them neglecting the fact that we also have to better ourselves. Another tip was from my inquiry teacher and she discussed agency. A few examples of agency are being responsible for yourself, have a connection with your professor, be structured and represent something bigger than self and determination. As a college student I can find myself being responsible for myself. Reason being is that it is my responsibility to go to class and if I choose not to it’s up to me to find the work missed. Another reason is I cannot expect one of my peers to always be my backbone because at the end of the day it is me, myself, and I. I don’t really think practicing what I preach will really help me because I am not a hypocrite so I kind of always act upon what I say and also that isn’t really applicable to school. I know that I will be fulfilling my full potential as a student when it is reflected in my work and I feel good about accomplishing it. How I can make sure that I’m doing so Is to stay on task because if I don’t stay on task then it will completely throw me off and once I’m in too deep I don’t try to get back into the shallow water.